Guard-rail.



Patented Apr. I5, I902. T. McGlNTY.

9 U A R D B A I L.

(Application filed Sept. 8, 1901.)

(N0 Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MOGINTY, OF MATTHEWS, INDIANA.

GUARD-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,522, dated April15, 1902. Application filed September 6, 1901. Serial No. 74,557. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I-,THOMAS MCGINTY,a resident of Matthews, in the countyof Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Guard-Rails; and I do hereby declare the following-to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

Myinvention relates to an improvementin guard-rails for railroads, theobject of the invention being to provide a guard-rail which will be soconstructed as to permit its secure attachment to the ties and when soattached will be disposed just the correct distance from the line-railto afford the proper room for the wheel-flange.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts,as;-.wil1be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating myimproved guardrail. Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line w a: of Fig.1, and Fig. 3 is a view illustrating the guard-rail applied at a switchor turnout. Guard-rails have heretofore been made by trackmen at theplace the rail is needed. Theytake an ordinary rail and out it theproper length, thenbend the ends and cut the base-flange of the rail topermit the head or tread thereof to lie the proper distance from thehead or tread of the line-rail. This is extremely difficult andlaborious, and when the rail is completed it is not accurate nor can itbe very securelyheld in position by the spikes, owing to the difficultyof driving them between the guard and line rails, and to avoid theseobjectionable features of the present guard-rails and the difficulty ofmaking and placing the same my invention was devised and will now bedescribed.

A represents my improved guard-rail secured in position at a turnout orswitch, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, wherein t represents the ties, F thefrogs, and g the spikes, securing all of the rails to the ties.

The guard-rail A consists of the flanged base K, web J, and head ortread a, the proportion of these several members being best will be seenthat the section cm of the head or tread is much wider than section a,the difference being clearly shown in the varying space between the lineat d and e and the space between 61 d and e. The railis so constructedfor the purpose of disposing the head or tread close to the head of themain-line rail when the base-flange of the guard-rail is secured againstthe base-flange of the line-rail, to thus leave just sufficient roombetween the heads of the guide and line rail to receive the flange ofthe engine and car wheels and not permit the latter lateral movement, asat present, which results in the wheels'striking the frog of the switchand resulting in injury thereto and in finally so wearing or bending thefrog as to make it dangerous to passing trains. i

In order to permit the guard-rail to be rigidly and easily secured withits base-flange against the base-flange of the line-rail, I provide theinner edge of the base-flange with a series of notches b to receive notonly the spikes g for securing it to the ties, but also the spikes forsecuring the line-rail, and as these notches are preferably located forsome distance along the flange the laborer can drive the spikes inseveral ties and so place them as he thinks to the best advantage.

My improved guide-rail can be manufactured at but slightly-increasedexpense over the ordinary rail and will save the trackmen a great amountof hard labor and at the same time produce a perfect guard when inposition on the track.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I would have it understoodthat I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A guard-rail having inwardly-bent ends and provided with a headprojecting a greater I distance in one direction from the web than inthe opposite direction, said guard-rail having a series of notches inone of its flanges for the reception of fastening devices.

2. The combination with a main rail, of a guard-rail having one of itsflanges abutting against a flange of the main rail, said guardrailhaving a series of notches in the flange which abuts against the flangeof the main rail, and fastening devices passing through said notches,the head of said rail projecting a greater distance toward the main railthan in the opposite direction.

3. As an article of manufacture, a guard

